Translation – VAGABOND CITY

Everything, issue 44, Poetry, Translation

MANUEL TZOC BUCUP translated by NOAH MAZER

Crimen de un corazón que no recuerdo 1 I want to feel the serenity a normal person does when they walk along the beach or maybe hire a dream hitman To everyone who had the misfortune of being born on my birthday—i was born on march 24, 1982 at 5 a.m.—and they flew black steamers […]

Everything, Issue 43, Poetry, Translation

HEO SU-GYEONG translated by SO J. LEE

Dawn Excavation The sun has not yet arrived butit will come here I am certain of that much Look at the sky changing every twenty seconds Light moves like the terror of women in a village about to be attacked by enemy troops When the sun takes aim from its siege of the sky it […]

Issue 42, Poetry, Translation

BIJAN ELAHI translated by REBECCA RUTH GOULD and KAYVAN TAHMASEBIAN

اما که اما که دید سال– با چند بنفشه به دنیا آمد ؟کی که تشنگی. شیرین بود : دورم از یاد نمی‌داری – به هدر رفته جوانیمپوستی شگرف – اما ! چسبیده به تو ، جوانی دیگر این‌جا که بسنده بود . چند بنفشه به پوشاندن دهانه چاه And Who? And who saw the yearwas […]

Everything, Issue 41, Translation

ÖZDEMIR ASAF translated by ALAN KULATTI

Özlem Bir gece,Gecede bir uyku..Uykunun içinde ben..Uyuyorum,Uykudayım,Yanımda sen. Uykunun içinde bir rüya,Rüyamda bir gece,Gecede ben..Bir yere gidiyorum,Delice..Aklımda sen. Ben seni seviyorum,Gizlice..El-pençe duruyorum,Yüzüne bakıyorum,Söylemeden,Tek hece. Seni yitiriyorumÇok karanlık bir anda..Birden uyanıyorum,Bakıyorum aydınlık;Uyuyorsun yanımda..Güzelce. Yearning A night, At night, a sleep.. Inside the sleep, me.. I’m sleeping, I’m asleep, By my side, you. Inside the sleep, a […]